It’s a row that’s left us in fits of giggles as we read their Twitter feed this morning, as, alas, we were tucked up in bed when it all kicked off. If you were too, we’ve got the rundown of exactly what happened…

Piers was having a rant about David Beckham when Louis Tomlinson leapt to his defence, saying: “I LOVE David Beckham!” Piers then replied: “Well sign him up for the group – bet he sings better than he plays now.”

Then it got funny. Piers got 11,000 new followers in just under an hour, and said he was getting abuse from “25 million Directioners”.